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Sneak Peek Sunday

Welcome to Sneak Peek Sunday

This is a fantasy/ paranormal romance.

Mere tasted the chance of death in the air. It tasted vile like putrid meat, soiled linens, and magic like an electric charge on the air. A storm. Or rather a spell storm one, which would devour life. She had heard of these types of storms before; when the wizards had battled the Warloc.

A water mage had cast something powerful. What would such magic do to the rivers and oceans? The black clouds rolled closer darkening the sun. She stood on the sand dune as the waves churned and crashed against the dark basalt rocks. Wind whipped her robe and hair, tugging her closer the ocean. Lightning, the color of decayed green, streaked across the sky.

She dashed to the temple, in hopes that she would not sound the warning bell too late. She must warn the others quickly.

Perhaps if everyone waited out the storm in temple, they’d be safe. Its coral columns and obsidian walls were strong, and the protections of the ancients would shield them from this evil coming.

All her life, Mere had served the people of Kilger. It was the smallest kingdom of the thirteen, but it had the wealth of the ocean and water mages on its tiny island.

How would this storm affect her friends, the Marelynes, in the ocean and rivers? She had to warn them. Her hope was they’d be safe in the depths of the ocean. But the villagers, if they ventured outside, they would perish. As she ran, sand bit into her ankles.

Her favorite childhood memories revolved around creating vibrant characters for her friends, and then acting out their adventures. Inside her fantasy worlds of darkened forests, dragon-filled glades, and iced islands, nothing was banned. From the ethereal Elvin to the most maligned Vampires, all were welcome in her fictional realities, a stark contrast to her home, where the magical and mythical was forbidden.

Divorced and disillusioned of love and believing all the love songs and books exaggerated, she put aside her creativity for life. Many years past before characters, from the familiar to the freshly conceived, came to her again, but this time teasing at a new passion, the written word.

Gradually, her real life hero brought love and magic back into existence. During the time when her characters were getting reacquainted, the love of her life was showing her that true love never gives up and rekindles no matter how many times others attempt to extinguish it. Today, she is happily married with three children.

Andrea believes in the power of change and delighting in each moment. But most fervently, she believes in the magic of love and imagination again.